Canadian Priest Gambles Away $386,000 in Donations Earmarked for Iraqi Refugees

A Canadian priest in Ontario has admitted to losing more than CDN$500,000 (US$386,000) in charitable funds that were supposed to assist Iraqi refugees searching for asylum in the eastern Canadian province.
Canadian priest Amer Saka gambled away more than $380,000 in funds raised that were said to be utilized to aid Iraq refugees. No charges have now been filed against the Ontario man of the cloth.
Father Amer Saka associated with the St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church told Bishop Emanuel Shaleta in that he had gambled away all the money, which had been collected through parishioner donations february. The Chaldean Church is headquartered in Baghdad, Iraq, and goes back to your 1st century, though Saka’s parish in London, Ontario was started less than five years ago with Pope Benedict XVI’s blessing.
‘We believe Father Saka has a gambling that is serious and that these funds may were utilized for that purpose,’ Shaleta told the Toronto Star. ‘I was called by hi . . . and said he lost all the money.’
Unholy Happenings
The roughly $386,000 ended up being deposited into an account entrusted to Saka by families belonging to St. Joseph’s. The finances had been allowed to be safeguarded by the church and used to assist refugees that are incoming Iraq.
The Chaldean refugee sponsorship program requires donors to aid migrants for at the least one after they arrive in Canada year.
‘They did not provide […]